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submitted 7 months ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

Donald Trump and his allies have begun mapping out specific plans for using the federal government to punish critics and opponents should he win a second term, with the former president naming individuals he wants to investigate or prosecute and his associates drafting plans to potentially invoke the Insurrection Act on his first day in office to allow him to deploy the military against civil demonstrations.

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[-] pbjamm@beehaw.org 6 points 7 months ago

This horrifically stupid possibility was one of the many reasons I finally pushed through and moved my family to BC over the summer.

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